Redding, California Real Estate Blog - The Cronic Group

Isn't it amazing how the new year makes us look at things that we have wanted to do but haven't in quite a while?  Well...I finally got a minute to sit down and come to AR to do some research about new brokerages (we just opened one) and I realized that it has been a whole year since I made a blo...

Well the holidays are over and its back to our scheduled programming! I figured that it was a great time to start the New Year with some updated statistics on the Redding real estate market and where its been over the past 6 months with our ever-changing market. You'll notice that the number of a...

So yesterday we got up and went to the Redding Farmer's Market at City Hall.  It was a great morning...all the fruit and vegetables you could imagine in one location, waiting for you to bring them home to eat!  So we walked around, selecting our produce like we were professional buyers for a posh...

One major area we focus on when representing buyers is the home inspection.  If you are thinking of buying a home you should be familiar with what a home inspector is and why you would hire one.  First, a home inspector does just that-inspects the home.  Generally a licensed home inspector will h...

On Sunday, Federal officials unveiled the elaborate plans to takeover Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two giants in mortgage lending backers in the United States.  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac currently back over $5 trillion in home loans, not directly lending the money but backing the money that i...

Well this week has been the rush to get all of our buyers that have been working under the Nehemiah program (a grant program given by sellers to buyers of FHA loan homes) into escrow before the program goes away permanently.  I think we were successful and learned a lot along the way.  Although w...

The Redding, California real estate market has seemed to pick up over the last 3 weeks.  After viewing a home 2 times for one client the day we went back for the 3rd visit the home went into escrow after being on the market only a month.  Another client has seen a couple of homes recently go into...

So...how many people out there actively market their listings via email?  Up until about 6 months ago we didn't spend much time actually sending "emails" out to market our listings, knowing that we had basically plastered them all over the web with the usual places (Trulia, Yahoo, Google, Craigsl...

Well for many of us up here in Northern California this is a joyous weekend.  For us in particular, trying to juggle kids that are out of school for the summer, keeping them from getting bored but also trying to ensure that we still focus on work...is a never-ending battle. School shopping is don...

These are some great curb appeal tips that sellers can use before getting their home listed...remember, first impressions DO count!When selling your home, remember that the outside is the first thing that the potential buyers sees first. It has to look as good as the inside does. Simple upgrades ...